LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3769, 20 July 1907, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

We understand that the local Flaxmills’ Employees Union have issued a warrant for the arrest of the late secretary, Mr Simpson. It is believed that Simpson is in Brisbane.

Mr D. Hyde, the poultry expert, has. written to the Chamber of Commerce signifying his intention of delivering a lecture in Foxton on practical poultr} 7 keeping at an early date. Mrs Winter, who has been invalided for some- time, , was removed from Foxton yesterday to Mother Mary Joseph Aubert’s Home for Incurables in Wellington;

The local building society will commence operations in the course of a week or so. All who have not as yet taken up shares should lose ho time in making application to the secret a rj 7 for same. One of the most interesting football matches of the season is being fought out on the local racecourse this between Awahou and Sandon. The home team is tipped to win. The mission in the local Catholic Church, which has been conducted throughout the week, by the Rev. Father Craigh, will be brought to a close to-morrrow evening. The attendances have been excellent, and lasting good should follow as a result of Father Craigh’s visit to Foxton. We regret to announce the death, after an illness of two weeks, of the infant and only child (Alice) of Mr and Mrs W. E. de Bidder jnr., which took place yesterday. The cause of death was capillary bronchitis. The funeral will leave Mr P. T. Robinson’s residence, Norbiton street, for the local cemetery at x o’clock to-morrow. We extend our sympathy to the bereaved parents. At Watchorn, Stiles & Co.’s great sale, new season’^,millinery from 3s lid to 12s 6d, usually 12s' 6d to 455. *

The German School of Musketry is experimenting with a magazine ride containing 58 cartridges. Results have proved successful, hut the weight of the weapon is excessive.

A Bill has -been introduced into the Victorian Parliament to amend the Crime Bill. It gives the police very stringent powers for dealing with suspects and others. The measure is an outcome of the recent wave of crime.

It is a singular fact, and one that is causing a lot of comment, that while butter ot the best quality — factory made —is at present retailed in Wellington at Tod and nd per lb, the same article in the townships adjacent to where the factories are at work such as Pahiatua, Palmerston North and Masterton, is retailed at is to is 2d. —Standard.

Mr Morse, licensee of the Sandon Hotel, waited upon us yesterday in reference to a statement which we recently published wherein we stated that riotous behaviour was alleged to have taken place on licensed premises after the recent football match, Albion v., Sandon. Mr Morse states that no fighting took place on his premises, but Scuffling.did occur outside, not inside, the hotel. The Winton Record complains that a cow has been wandering up and down the Main street pavement for - several nights, in open defiance of the Borough Council’s resolution that the wandering stock nuisance must cease, and goes on to say that if the ranger for the borough cannot impound alter dark, the surfaceman might at least clean up the footpath before daylight. Mr Thos. P. Henderson, whose notice appears in this issue, will be pleased to tune or put into order any piano or organ in need of attention. His notice should have appeared in our Thursday’s issue, but reached us too late. Mr Henderson has the reputation of being a thorough expert in his line of business, having been for 13 years with a leading British firm, and guarantees all his work to give satisfaction. Any orders left at this office will receive attention.

Josef Tueck, a fourteen-year-old Viennese schoolboy has been presented with a watch by the well known surgeon, Prolessor Baron von Eiselberg, for remarkable courage during an operation. The boy’s arm had to be amputated, but he refused to have an ansesthetic., as he declared he wanted to watch'the operation He was so insistent, and promised so solemnly not to mind the pain, that the Professor let him have his way. He did not shrink ro utter a sound during the course of the amputation, which he watched with greatest attention, and at the end- stated the interesting sight was well worth the pain.

Over a hundred delegates are attending the Colonial Conference of the no-license party at Wellington, Mr A. S. Adams presiding. It was stated that.the whole of the Alliance debt was now extingushed. It had been necessary to find and this was now in hand, and further amounts to come in would provide a credit balance for future work. A long discussion took place on the principles and policy of the party. The desirableness of a colonial vote upon the liquor question and the equity of settling any question submitted to popular vote by a simple majority was re-affirmed.

At the local Police Court yesterda}' morning, before Messrs T. Rimmer and P. Hennessy, J’s.P., Thomas Mitchell, on a charge of drunkenness, was fined £\ in default 24 hours. He was further charged with refusing to quit licensed premises. A. E. Shadbolt, licensee of the Manawatu Hotel, gave evidence as to the accused refusing to leave the hotel when requested to do so. The accused said he did not remember anything of what occurred. Fined 20s. On the application of the police a prohibition order was granted against.accused, for twelve months.

The service at the local Presbyterian Church to-morrow evening will be more than usually interesting. A new organ having been purchased and installed, it has been decided to celebrate the occasion by means of an attractive service of praise.- The organist for the day will be Mr T. P. Henderson, of Palmerston North, a late ar - rival in the colony, and recently organist to an important city congregation in Edinburgh, Scotland. Mrs Rae-Howard will sing the sacred solo “He was Despised” and the choir will render the anthem “The Righteous Shall be Glad.” The preacher for the evening will be the Rev. G. K. Aitken, who will give an address on “The place Music Occupies in Public Worship.”

We have been privileged to see the programme of the,forthcoming State School Concert, which is to take place in the local Public Hall on Wednesday and Thursday evenings next. It contains 42 items in all, which, we presume, will spread over the two nights. It is the most varied programme we have ever seen, and includes choruses, speeches, comic songs, recitations, nigger items, action songs, sketches, rounds, stump speeches, Japanese dance, and concludes with a screaming farce, entitled “The Baby Elephant.” Scholars taking part represent every class in the school, and we are informed that some of the talent will “astonish the natives.” We prophesy bumper houses. For Children’s Hacking Cough at night Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure 1/6 and 2/6

Particulars of Mr Walter S. Carter’s clearing sale of dairy herd, etc., are advertised in this issue. Judge Molesworth, of Victoria, who had been granted six months’ leave of absence and left by steamer for Queensland to recruit his health died aboard the vessel. New Zealanders will await with interest the result of the match All Blacks v. Australia, to be played at Sydney to-day. We are hoping that our boys will in some measure regain their prestige. There will be a change in the services at All Saints’ Church tomorrow. Owing to the indisposition of the vicar the 8 a.m. service will be cancelled, but Holy Communion will be celebrated at i t a.m. The seven o’clock service will be as usual—festal evening and sermon. —The vicar will conduct both the n a.m. and 7 p.ra. services.

Great interest is being taken in the match between W. Webb, of Wanganui, and C. Towns, of Sydney, for the championship of the world and £SOO a-side. Mr W. R. Tuck, Webb’s backer, accompanied by nearly a score of other enthusiasts, went to Wellington - yesterday en route to Sydney, ■ where the match is to be rowed—on the Parramatta river—on August 3rd. They will leave by the Maheno this afternoon. Tuck yesterday afternoon received the following telegram (despatched from Mangaweka) from the Parlia mentary party on the Main Trunk line Wish you success, and hope Webb will come back champion of the world. We all join in sending you farewell. Kia Ora.” A party of Parliamentary members, bent bn exploring the route of the Main Trunk Railway, left Wellington yesterday. Raetifai was reached last evening, and the members were entertained by the residents of the district. Taumarunui will be the stopping-place to-day. Those desirous of going further north propose to travel by special train to Onehunga on Sunday, returning to Wellington on Monday evening. The party comprised the following members . Hons. T. Kennedy Macdonald, J. B. Callan, John Barr, J. E. Jenkinson, George Jones, John Anstey, Messrs Remington, Hogan, Greenslade, Barber, Eaurenson, Tanner, E. G. Allen, Hanan, T. Mackenzie, J. Graham, Buddo, Fisher, Izard, Jennings, Lang, J. C. Thomson, and W. T. Wood. Messrs Blow (Under-Secretary for Public Works) and Wilson (Chief Librarian) are also among the party. Mrs Hamer, of the Economic, has just received a beautiful assortment of runners, cushion covers, fancy table cloths, brush and comb bags, etc., etc., which she bought at exceptionally low prices, being a lot of travellers’ samples. The same are being shown in window.*

At Watchorn, Stiles and Co.’s great sale, new grey tweed skirts, usually 255, now 7s 6d.* Uheumd cures rheumatism gout, sciatica, and lumbago quickly and permanently. It is thoroughly' safe and absolutely reliable remedy. All Chemists .and stores, -2/6 and 4/0. I? The ordinary cough medicine may soothe the throat, but it has no power to heal; recovery is not complete, and a second attack is more liable to follow. Chamberlains Cough Remedy is quite different, because it not only soothes but also heals, so that the affected parts are restored to a healthy condition, and the danger of a future attack is removed. For sale by Messrs Gardner and Whibley, Foxton.

Now, if from any sudden chill A cold your nose should tint, On no account take anything For it Imt Peppermint. We all are liable to colds, Or frequently to cough, On hand keep Woods’mighty Cure, Don’t put this matter off. 14